| VERB | social | govern, regulate, regularize, regularise, order | bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage |
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| social | govern | direct or strongly influence the behavior of | |
| social | govern, rule | exercise authority over | |
| stative | govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood |
| Sounds | gah'vern | |
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| Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... | |
| Meaning | Bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage; impose regulations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | regulate, regularize, regularise, order | |
| Narrower | standardize, standardise | Cause to conform to standard or norm |
| zone, district | regulate housing in | |
| Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something |
| Opposite | deregulate | Lift the regulations on |
| Spanish | normar, regir, regularizar, regular | |
| Catalan | normar, ordenar, regir, regularitzar, regular | |
| Nouns | government | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
| governor | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | |
| Meaning | direct or strongly influence the behavior of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His belief in God governs his conduct" | |
| Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
| Spanish | dictar, regir | |
| Nouns | government | the act of governing |
| Meaning | Exercise authority over; as of nations. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "Who is governing the country now?" | |
| Synonym | rule | |
| Narrower | dictate | Rule as a dictator |
| misgovern | govern badly | |
| reign | Have sovereign power | |
| throne | Sit on the throne as a ruler | |
| Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
| Spanish | dictaminar, gobernar, mandar, regir | |
| Catalan | dictaminar, governar, regir | |
| Nouns | governing, governance | the act of governing |
| government | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | |
| governor | the head of a state government | |
| Meaning | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" | |
| Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
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